A review of the risk factors leads to only one conclusion. The things you
can do to prevent kidney stones are things that you should do for your overall
health anyway. There’s not much you can do about your age, race, sex, or
medical history. There is limited control over the medications that you need.
But you can watch your diet, you can choose to be active (there are exceptions
here), and you can drink lots of water. So get to it.
If these things are not already part of your normal lifestyle, and you need
some motivation to give you that jump start, find someone who has passed a
kidney stone. Ask what it felt like to push a jagged stone through the same
tube used for urination. If that doesn’t motivate you, nothing will.
Stay healthy and be good to your body, it puts up with a lot from you.